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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue Evolution of participants FP5/FP6/FP7 TOTAL FP5TOTAL FP6TOTAL FP7MARKET SHARE FP5MARKET SHARE FP6MARKET SHARE FP7 CYPRUS 1512283840.24%0.48% TOTAL: 64 153.0047 245.0079 731.00 Evolution of lead partner FP5/FP6/FP7 FP5 leadFP6 leadFP7 lead FP5 national market share lead FP6 national market share lead FP7 national market share lead CYPRUS 825640.05%0.27%0.33% TOTAL: 16 1039 40719 180 As for the most of the EU 13 countries, Cyprus has improved the market share between FP5 and FP6, keeping the same percentage with FP7. Cyprus organizations are more project leaders in FP7 than in FP6 and FP5. Source: e-Corda FP5/FP6/FP7 evolution

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue Beneficiaries in mobility programmes – FP7 People Activities included: 1. Initial Training of Researchers 2. Life-long Training and Career Development (including Co-funding) 3. Industry-Academia Pathways and Partnerships 4. International Dimension – European and world Fellowships [1][1] Figures for 2007-2011 If we assume that being part of a network has an impact to participation, it is useful to look at the mobility programmes over time. Developments in the participation in the mobility programmes FP5 participants FP6 participants FP7 Participants (2007- 2011) FP5 national market share participants FP6 national market share participants FP7 national market share participants CY624550.08%0.38%0.46% Source: e-Corda

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue OrganisationParticipations UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS 90 THE CYPRUS RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION23 CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY17 AS CYPRUS COLLEGE LIMITED5 EDEX-EDUCATION EXCELLENCE CORPORATION LIMITED3 SCHOLAI FREDERICKOU 2 OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, FREDERICK UNIVERSITY, NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY AND THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE LIMITED 1 EACH HEI– Cypriot organizations in FP7

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue OrganisationParticipations THE CYPRUS FOUNDATION FOR MUSCULAR RESEARCH 8 CYPRUS CENTER FOR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS2 CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONEMNT AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NEUROSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE; ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL/FAMILY MEDICINE; RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH; FREDERICK RESEARCH CENTER 1 EACH REC – Cypriot organizations in FP7

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue International mobility of researchers In 2010 in Cyprus the percentage of doctoral candidates (ISCED 6) who were citizens of another EU-27 Member State was 7.8%, in line with the EU 27 average of 7.8%₁. In Cyprus non-EU doctoral candidates were 1.6% of all candidates (EU average of 20.0%₂) 1 Researchers’ Report 2013 Country Profile: Cyprus 2 idem Participation in International networks A recent survey in ICT area demonstrated that the coordinators choose their research team in 49% from previous collaborations and 27% on the suggestion of other consortium members. This means that for a collaborative research, networking and cooperation skills may be as important as research expertise, which represents a barrier for newcomers who are not well connected to European networks.

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue Beneficiaries of the mobility programmes – FP7 People [1][1] Figures for 2007-2011 Developments in the participation in the mobility programmes FP5 participants FP6 participants FP7 Participants (2007- 2011) FP5 national market share participants FP6 national market share participants FP7 national market share participants CY 46120.05 %0.10 % Source: 5th FP7 monitoring report and e-Corda Knowledge of English among the population % population able to hold conversation in English CY73 EU 2849,5 EU 1556,0 EU 1343,1 Best(NL) 90 Worse(HR) 20 Notes: For % of people able to have an English conversation, UK and IE are excluded. Also only EU citizens are included

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue “By Necessity” “By Opportunity” Attitudes towards FP7 By Necessity: Stands for striving for EU budget=Extra budget By opportunity: Stands for being EU projects an opportunity to capitalise on excellence Disclaimer: The above noted statements are not based on the scientific point of view, but are based on the analytical findings

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue Opportunistic Laziness Italy Denmark Finland Sweden Greece Possible attitude towards FP7 – 2nd part Strategic approach: Italy –Setting up of a national agency to enhance the participation in EU research - APRE; Denmark, Finland and Sweden: Research and Innovation as key national strategy Tactical approach: Greece: role of diaspora and education abroad. The connections of individuals may be an useful source of connection to facilitate the participation in EU research programmes. Belgium: Legal headquarters of many EU organizations. Netherlands UK Spain Greece France ……… Strategic/tactical

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue Key highlights to be addressed Main findings from the scoping paper  Cyprus has the highest number of FP7 beneficiaries per head of population and the highest gain of FP7 monies per inhabitant in the EU 13 (78.80 €, EU 13 average is 13.5). The average number of € per beneficiary in Cyprus is higher that the EU 13 average: 176 k vs 167.  Cyprus success rate in applying for FP7 is 15.6 %, not far from the average of EU13 (18.1) but there is still a GAP with EU 28 average (21.7)

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue  What influence is due to structural issues:  quality of excellence in R&D  capability of drafting good proposals  awareness of the stakeholders  What influence have subjective and perception issues:  reputation of the R&D eco-system  openness for involvement in networks  talent to transform an idea into a proposal  What influence have objective issues:  date of full membership to the EU  size of the population  costs of wages  number of stakeholders targeted by the FP7 programme  availability of national budget  quality of research

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue  Questions related to performances of specific stakeholders groups  Are there some HEI not participating in FP7 cooperation projects? Should some of them be more proactive?  Are there some RCs not participating in FP7 cooperation projects? Should some of them be more proactive?  How to stimulate better participation of SMEs?  Questions on synergies with Structural Funds  Is ERDF funding perceived as investment for future participation in FP7/HORIZON 2020?  Is there any thought to develop synergies between ERDF and HORIZON 2020 policies?  Have R&D stakeholders difficulties to generate a dynamic flow of good ERDF projects?

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Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, 2014 - First policy dialogue  What tools should be put in place in order to increase the quantity and the quality of the submitted projects?  How the awareness of stakeholders influence participation? Should Cyprus try to increase the amount captured per project instead of increasing the total number of projects funded?  To ensure the higher number of proposals to bring a larger number of primo-users of EU funding or to help current beneficiaries to be involved in more projects?  ………………………. Questions on where to go